Seems like Geoff Johns is heavily involved in this one, so he would make sure that his creation is done right.
Seems like Geoff Johns is heavily involved in this one, so he would make sure that his creation is done right.
Why is it lazy? I guess I can understand not being a fan, but I don't understand the lazy part. Truth is, there just aren't really many diverse characters, especially not ones that would fit in very situation. And obviously trying to create an original character for a movie appearance will also lead to fan backlash.
Colorblind casting doesn't bother me in the least. We need more of it in a world where white = default in media. But that said, it's a little odd that they keep racebending redheads. MJ, Iris in both the TV show and movie, Wally West (though they kind of go hand in hand), Jim Gordon, Jimmy Olsen, Alice Monaghan in the last Hellboy movie and now Maxine. I understand that red hair is not common in the real world and the amount of gingers in comics has to do with the coloring, but this is starting to feel as pointed as giving a Black character lightning powers.
I think it's seen as lazy because they always seem to default to redhead = recast them as black for some reason. There are other ethnicities they could racebend for to where it doesn't need to seem so repetitive/obvious.
I guess Johns has taken some of other JSA POC's for Stargirl so they have to race-bend who they have available in this movie.
Swindell is of mixed race, just like Noah Centineo, who is clearly at least part hispanic (apparently part Native American too after looking it up) and I really didn't hear any complaints about race-bending him. When Atom Smasher was Nuklon, he too was portrayed as a redhead.
I just don't really care about (mostly) white people getting all butthurt when they add color to characters when most of these characters were made at a time where characters of color would never have been created in the first place. It's a different time now. There are more of us and they actually use us more on tv and in movies. You wanna keep it the same stick to the comics then. Enjoy it.
You can still make fun of redheads in this world of PC, its acceptable to do. One of the few "non-protected" classes of humans, for whatever reasons. So I guess the movie people have figured this out and don't worry about recasting them. Bet it would be a bigger deal if they recast someone with blond or brunette that way.
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